Car partially submerged

Published Friday, January 04, 2008

A St. Johns County man escaped from a partially submerged car after an accident Thursday morning in northern St. Johns County.

Tony Nealy, 46, was driving his 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier on River Run Boulevard in Nocatee when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel, St. Johns County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Chuck Mulligan said Thursday.

The vehicle crossed the line, went through a barrier fence and off the edge of the road down a one-and-one-half story embankment. The car overturned and ended up on its roof, partially submerged. St. Johns Fire Rescue was called to the scene and treated Nealy, who was released at the scene. The accident investigation is continuing.